Workshops & Awareness Sessions

The ESP Unit regularly organises initiatives to raise awareness on the importance of employee well-being and better mental health. Sessions are delivered to both management and employees upon request of the department. Generic topics of awareness include the importance of self-care, mental health awareness, fostering well-being at work and general awareness on the service provided by the ESP unit.

The ESP Unit also provides sessions to sector specific areas as well as to employees with people management responsibilities on issues related to well-being at work, managing psychosocial risks and how to identify and support employees in distress.

If your department is interested in organising an awareness session on issues related to wellbeing, kindly contact the ESP Unit for more information.

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Generic Training

Overview of ESP services

This session aims to give an overview of the various services offered by the ESP unit and how departments and individual employees can access these services.

 Content:

Overview of the services provided by the ESP Unit
Confidentiality
How and when to access these services.

Duration: 30mins

Mode: In person or online

Suitability: All public employees

Self-care and ESP services

The aim of this session is to raise awareness on the importance of self-care and the ESP services.

 Content:

What is self-care?
Tips for taking care of myself
When and how to access ESP service

Duration: 1hr 30mins

Mode: In-person or online

Suitability: All public employees

Wellbeing for managers

This session is designed to help managers develop the necessary skills to address issues of wellbeing within their team. Furthermore, it will support managers in understanding their responsibility of addressing the wellbeing of their employees through possible interventions and conversations.

Content:

Identification of early warning signs and possible interventions, manage psychosocial risks,
Supporting return to work following sickness
How to refer employees to the ESP services.

Duration: 3 hours

Mode: In person

Suitability: Employees from Scale 7 upwards

Self-care & resilience (Employees)

The aim of this session is to help participants understand the importance of self-care and how to remain resilient in challenging situations.

Content:

Definition of self-care and tips on how to take care of our well-being
Understanding resilience and its impact on our well-being
Resilience is a skill which can be developed.

Duration: 2 hours

Mode: In person or online

Suitability: All public employees

Practical skills for managing stress

The aim of this workshop is to help participants find different and sustainable ways to manage stress and to be more aware and tolerate feelings of stress and difficulty. This session requires participation in the various individual exercises presented throughout the session.

Content:

Become aware of the thoughts and behaviours in oneself and others
Understand the importance and learn ways for practicing mindfulness
Develop useful grounding techniques.

Duration: 2.5 hours

Mode: In Person

Suitability: All public employees

Mental Health Awareness

The aim of this session is for individual employees to become aware of the stigma and misconceptions about common mental health difficulties and exploring the when and how to seek professional help.

 Content:

What is mental ill health?
Help to reduce stigma around mental ill health
Identifying common mental health conditions
Access to support services available through the ESP Unit.

Duration: 3 hours

Mode: In Person

Suitability: All public employees

Emotional aspects of retirement

The aim of this session is to address all public employees who are nearing retirement and to help them prepare for this next milestone in their life.

 Content:

Definition of retirement
Identify the facets and stages of retirement
Understanding the range of emotions related to retirement
Maintaining a positive attitude to improve well-being
Find passion and purpose during retirement

Duration: 2 hrs

Mode: In-person or online

Suitability: All public employees who are nearing retirement age.

Managing Sickness Absence and Return to Work

The aim of this session is to help management understand the importance of maintaining a supportive attitude when managing sickness absence. The session will also provide the necessary knowledge and skills related to the employees' return to work after long sickness absence.

Content:

Understanding sickness absence and its impacts
Managing sickness absence
Return to work procedure
The People and Standards Division's Medical Board
ESP as a management tool

Duration: 1.5 hrs

Mode: In-person

Suitability: Public employees with People Management responsibilities

Sector Specific

Self-care for Health Professionals

The aim of this interactive workshop is for healthcare workers to reflect on the importance of taking care of themselves especially in the light of their work duties and to become aware of the possibility of compassion fatigue and how to manage it.

Content:

Understanding the importance of self-care
Becoming aware of compassion fatigue and ways on how to cope with it
Creating a supportive work environment

Duration: 2 hours

Mode: In person

Suitability: Medical and Health Care professionals

Wellbeing for Disciplined Forces

The aim of this training is to equip Senior Officers with the knowledge and skills of how to address wellbeing within their context of work. This session aims to further raise awareness within this cohort about the importance of self-care and their responsibility of taking care of the emotional and mental health of their teams.

Content:

Self-care and Resilience
Practical Skills to manage stressful events
The impact of trauma exposure
Overview of mental health issues

Duration: 4 hours

Mode: In person

Suitability: Senior Officers in Disciplined Forces and officers with people management responsibilities